5.2 Cloud migration and services for Education
JISC UK has announced Cloud Computing is increasingly attractive for research and education, and
they state there are five reasons for University adoption (JISC, 2011). The use of Cloud adoption offers
a greater Return on Investment (ROI), where Chang et al. (2011 a, 2011 b, 2011 c) have demonstrated
how Cloud Computing and the use of CCBF helps organisations to obtain a good rate of ROI. This
helps more Cloud migration and adoption in Education. The University of Southampton, King’s
College London (KCL) and the University of Greenwich have followed CCBF for Cloud design,
deployment, migration and services. Two Southampton case studies have been used for this paper
where 21% -22% of cost-saving is achieved by ECS, and also 1.2-5.8% increase in user confidence and
service improvement is experienced by i-Solution and Corporate Planning, which represent encouraging
rate of satisfaction and additional values experienced by students and members of staff. 3D
Visualisation also confirms there is a progressive improvement in user confidence and service
throughout 2009 and 2011, so that investment in user support and service improvement should be
maintained.